Firefighters in Palo Alto say a man was killed and two women were injured when a small plane traveling from Redding crashed near the Palo Airport.

Palo Alto Deputy Fire Chief Geo Blackshire told KTVU-TV the single-engine Mooney M20 was trying to land when it crashed in a pond Tuesday. He said the plane had reportedly flown in from Redding.

Blackshire said the plane was being used as an Angel Flight transporting an ill patient.

Blackshire said the plane was trying to land when it crashed. He didn't know why the plane crashed except that it was possibly related to turbulence.

He said the control tower contacted the plane to ask if they needed assistance before the crash. The plane crashed into the pond, about a quarter-mile from the Palo Alto Airport, killing the pilot, Blackshire said.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot was executing a go-around at Palo Alto Airport when it crashed.

Blackshire says the injured women were taken to a hospital by ambulance.

He says one of the women walked to the ambulance and the other was carried in a gurney.

BREAKING: Fire/Rescue crews responding to a small aircraft down near the Palo Alto Airport.